Philadelphia vs Boston (live, place, highest, cons)

[Boston Shudra]

Originally Posted by BostonBornMassMade

Boston has a few rowhomes in working-class neighborhoods that everyday folks managed to get a hold of but they're scarce for sure.

I’ve always liked this stretch in Brighton:

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.3422...P9EHAOs_pw!2e0

Also these in Roxbury:

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.3248...sjC12iXJ8A!2e0

[MarketStEl]

Originally Posted by Boston Shudra

I’ve always liked this stretch in Brighton:

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.3422...P9EHAOs_pw!2e0

That trio's real nice, but they're too (a) large (b) new to qualify as "working-class rowhouses."

I can find similar if more monotonous in appearance in scores of Philadelphia neighborhoods now.

[BostonBornMassMade]

Originally Posted by MarketStEl

That trio's real nice, but they're too (a) large (b) new to qualify as "working-class rowhouses."

I can find similar if more monotonous in appearance in scores of Philadelphia neighborhoods now.

yea but aside from the trio, the opposite side of the street is textbook working class rowhome

[Boston Shudra]

Originally Posted by BostonBornMassMade

yea but aside from the trio, the opposite side of the street is textbook working class rowhome

Yeah, whenever I use streetview on my phone, the angle gets screwy. I meant to aim at the rowhomes, not the wooden-looking apartment thing.

[BostonBornMassMade]

more working-class rowhomes/converted rowhomes in Boston. They exist

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.3273...7i16384!8i8192

[Muinteoir]

Philadelphia's triple decker style is different than Boston, but we have a few blocks with them.
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9561...7i16384!8i8192

[Muinteoir]

Originally Posted by BostonBornMassMade

more working-class rowhomes/converted rowhomes in Boston. They exist

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.3273...7i16384!8i8192

That looks like a beautiful brick Victorian twin mansion to me. It is probably converted into many separate apartments. (?)

I think this is what MSL is talking about when he says "working class rows":

https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9281...7i16384!8i8192

[BostonBornMassMade]

Originally Posted by Muinteoir

That looks like a beautiful brick Victorian twin mansion to me. It is probably converted into many separate apartments. (?)

I think this is what MSL is talking about when he says "working class rows":

https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9281...7i16384!8i8192

posted earlier:

Boston has a few rowhomes in working-class neighborhoods that everyday folks managed to get a hold of but they're scarce for sure. They look better than Phillys for sure.


https://www.google.com/maps/@42.3073...7i16384!8i8192

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.3205...7i16384!8i8192

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.3238...7i16384!8i8192


https://www.google.com/maps/@42.3017...7i16384!8i8192
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.3206...7i16384!8i8192

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.3257...7i16384!8i8192

Philly has virtually no triple-deckers though.

[BostonBornMassMade]

Originally Posted by Muinteoir

Philadelphia's triple decker style is different than Boston, but we have a few blocks with them.
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9561...7i16384!8i8192

Those are not triple-deckers at all. Theyre attached and it looks like...at least on the less uniform ones... that one family lives on all three floors.

THree deckers have to be detached. Those look more like this low-income tenement in Boston

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.3094...7i16384!8i8192

More Boston working class rowhomes https://www.google.com/maps/@42.3015...7i16384!8i8192

[Muinteoir]

Actually, I know someone who lives on that block. They are all split into three different apartments by floor level. According to what I read online, triple deckers can be semi-attached such as these. They just have a much different aesthetic than the typical Boston triple-decker.